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The end of the world as we know it?

I have never been afraid of technology, never given in to the scaremongering of most sci-fi movies, where AI poses a grave danger to humankind, if not is the inevitable demise of our civilisation. I have always embraced Ed-tech and I couldn’t be more grateful for the pandemic forsomehow forcing us teachers to embrace technology and make the most of it.  At the same time I am acutely aware of the drawbacks of technology, and how it can enable academic dishonesty, lead to social media addictions etc. Yet I have never thought AI will ever replace teachers. Until the moment I read this article: ‘ College essay is dead’ here .  I gave it a go and wrote the following English B prompt  You have just graduated from high school and want to write to other teens, and their parents, about what you have decided to do after graduating. Write a text in which you state your decision and explain it to them. And this is the essay it produced instantaneously! Dear fellow high school graduat...